B y early November of last year it was ready The curtain between the old Exhibition Hall 20 erected in 2007 and the finished Exhibition Hall 21 came down to the applause of those present This was the opening for the 260 meter long visitor terminal directly linking the modern exhibition halls with a total of 26 500 sq me ters All in all Messe Wels now has over 65 000 sq meters of hall space available making it the largest exhibition centre in Austria Shortly after the ceremony ex hibitors began to set up the Agraria show in the completed building Austria s biggest agricultural exhibition occupied all the halls in Wels at the end of November The 10 000 sq meters of exhibition space of the new Hall 21 were built in 177 days of construction the timetable was ad hered to exactly 3 449 cubic meters of con crete 612 100 kilos of structural steel 9 690 square feet of precast walls and 358 000 kilos of con structive steel construction were employed The invest ment for the project amount ed to 20 million Euros here too there was no overrun The President of Messe Wels Doris Schulz emphasises the importance of the exhibition centre for the entire province of Upper Austria The eco nomic stimulus for the region of over 50 million Euros in regional value can already be regarded as impressive sums up Schulz These gen erated secondary effects are to be increased The new Hall 21 is an important pre requisite for further growth With the inauguration of the supplementary exhibition area Messe Wels simultane ously launched a new Unit to market the event halls for conferences events and galas Behind this is a com prehensive concept for con sulting and taking care of organisers We are excited about the new hall says Robert Schneider We have brought together the opportunities offered by the building for con ventions galas and events in our new brand Eventquartier says the Managing Director of Messe Wels In this way we can reach the target group of guest organisers of different event formats much more directly and coher ently Numerous galas from 3 000 to 5 000 guests and conferences with up to 1 500 par ticipants have taken place in Wels up to now The completion of Hall 21 provides the new Eventquartier Wels with an even more multifunctional facility The space is flexible and can be divided into various areas The very elegant white hall will techni cally pull out all the stops as those re sponsible in Wels stress from natural day light to complete darkness optimum acou stics and a wide variety of lighting options Also new is that smaller events for 50 to 250 guests will now have a suitable space The newly founded Eventquartier Wels does not see itself as a mere landlord Its team and its service network partners are available for consulting and implementation catering event equipment and logistics www messe wels at PB 44 TradeFairs Internation al 1 2015 INTERNATIONAL AUSTRIA Largest exhibition centre in the country Three months ago building was completed on the exhibition hall 21 in Wels The Upper Austrian city now has new and varied options for events Ziemlich neugierige Messegäste Die Landwirtschaftsschau Agraria füllte in Wels alle Hallen Curious trade fair guests Full house for agriculture show Agraria at Messe Wels Ph ot o M es se W el s

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